Lobularia Desv.
Annual or perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs appressed, parallel, medifixed. Stems ascending, leafy. Lvs narrow, entire. Racemes ebracteate. Sepals spreading, not saccate. Petals white, rarely red or purple. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 4, median 2, filiform, between stamen bases. Style short; stigma capitate. Silicle circular or ovoid, latiseptate; valves slightly inflated, with median and weak lateral veins. Seeds ellipsoid, narrowly winged, 1-5 per locule.
5 spp., Mediterranean region and Atlantic Is. Naturalised sp. 1.
